Right: On the
religion
Johnny Tice
and his
brother Brent
found the
Thrasher
Baptist church
hosted by the
Reverend
Danny Sparks
Above: Jell
Grosso gets
back to the
womb and
affects the
fetal position
during a
celebration of
the summer
solstice in
Visalia, CA.
Photo: M.Fo
TRASH
ing Linda Miller, the
president of the Florida
Amateur Skateboard
League's name?
SIDE SWIPES
Yes, the great
Vision ramp is a
reality and rumored
to be already ses-
sioned heavily by
the favorite sons of
Brad. However,
security is reportedly
so tight that we can't even
give you names of the honored, just a list of
those who have been denied: Jason Jesse,
Mark Gonzales, Chris May. Even Eric
Nash (team Sims) was rumored to be having
trouble getting into the huge half with bowl
end, but it turns out he had the chicken pox.
At the Vision employee picnic and inaugural
celebration, the skating was supposedly so
intense that honorary member Marty "Jinx"
Jiminez, a day after celebrating the birth of
his daughter Ariel Nicole, threw his index
finger in a compound, bone through-the-skin
style, and Mike Lorhman also dislodged his
shoulder bone while going for it.
Now we have also learned that the "man
in charge and self-proclaimed hippest dude
in skateboarding," John Hogan, is moving
into the Vision ramp warehouse and will act
as the troll beneath the bridge. In other
Orange County news, famous Dan and
Ruth's Sign-in Bowl has been the scene of
some rather rambunctious sessioning by
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Duane Peters, Brian Bran-
non, Don Pendleton, Ron.
Emory & the O.C. bretheren.
Is Mark Hostetter out of
the nest and officially living
off the land?
For the record, that para-
gon of culture, Richard
Metiver, has scooped the
pack again. His latest coup is
the ultra-femme depicted on
the Cell Block slimeline logo.
Those in the know realize
that the woman exists in real-
ity, occasionally to surface
provocatively into the Cruz
booth passing out decals.
Rumor has it that her name is Sandy. Those
who have witnessed rate her serious biz
Sean Andrews is coming back from a
snapped ankle.
Are Rob Washburn and a circumspect
crew of Santa Barbara locos clandestinely
building a 10,000 buck ramp? Are Lance
Conklin and Mike Daker drawing up plans
for a similar unit on the Floridian Gold Coast?
LEAVING TRAIN
Ken Park is rumored to be leaving Vision
and taking a trip to Zachary's Planet Earth.
Jason Jesse's supposedly choosing Blind
over Cruz these days, but at this stage only
a rumor. World skate phenom, Todd Conge
liere was caught with his pants down in Dal
las trying to get home on a forged boarding
pass, when Gator and Hogan sauntered up
and saved the poor, forgotten, stranded
young man from a sure trip to the federal pen
near some Tex-Mex border town. Party of the
decade so far-Peter Bill's fifth anniversary
of his 21st birthday featured a lot of suits,
shoulder pads and rad leather, according to
one source. Among the youthful and young
at heart milling around Bar 1, Christian
Hosoi and actress Drew Barrymore (not
together, though!).
The screaming squeegees who do
Rocco's graphics aren't saying anymore
about it, but Danny Way's graphics were
changed/pulled at last minute.
INCIDENT #459
Supposedly, the following went down
recently in and around a Huntington Beach
club called Foul Play: After taking Jason
Lee's skateboard in the face during a photo
shoot, X-large lensman O took the stage that
very night with his band Olive Blond. Exten
sive bandages held his face together. O, by
the way, is rumored to be hot on the axe.
Also overheard was that Olive Blond had just
released their bass player, Neil Blender, for
his lackadaisical attitude about the gig.
Reportedly. Neil routinely played shows while
standing behind his amplifier. Support band
at the Foul Play show was Crank Shaft.
headed by Tod Swank on bass and vocals.
TRAVELOGUE
Christian Hosoi took Norway by storm
during a recent tour. Joe Johnson also saw
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THRASHER
BAPTIST CHURCH
Bibere Everybody Is Somebody
Sky School 3 Ueship Service a
Evening Service B
REV
Day Sparks PASTOR
Norway, Portugal, etc. although while in the
latter his wallet (loaded with pasadas from a
demo), passport and camera with all film
from his journey, was nicked without trace.
Ballistic sessions continue at the Cedar
Crest ramp. On a recent Sunday Bucky
Lasek and Phil Rockard were laying it down
airline to airline with incredible intensity.
SATANIC VERSUS
The black plague of anti-satanism is upon
the unfortunate skaters around Marshalltown,
Iowa. It's unfortunate that some people in
power seem to erroneously equate skating
with satanism. Typically they point out Natas
name, the color black, skate graphics, etc..
as being supposed links. Idiotic press
accounts and moronic public officials create
anti-skate hysteria while brave skaters stand
up for their constitutional rights. In Marshall-
town, Joey Olson and his cohorts continue
to roll despite the hype and hysteria.
GROOVERS & SNAKERS
Is Tex Gibson about to sign a new record-
ing contract?
Is Chuck Treece about to sign one also?
Is Miki Vuckovich a closet drum master of
legendary chops?
Was Steve Sherman seen doing the
Australian crawl down the street following
MD19's latest disco inferno?
Are Buster Halterman, Sal Barbier, Bob
Umble, Guy Mariano, John Fudula, Omar
Hassan, Frank Hill, Kendall and man-child.
Kharma the most talked-about movers this
month according to our informal phone poll?
The Vegas rave-up scene continues to
excel with Mike Chu, Billy Fenton, Dag.
Willie Stubbs. Stan Wright and Jimmy
Russell being touted as frontrunners.
Russell, for the record, has been allegedly
sitting in on guitar in the casinos backing up
dead ritualized acts such as Englebert
Humperdink for major change.
QUOTES
"Don't get me wrong, contests suck."
Metiver
"Time is money and I'm wasting both."
Chip Morton
"You don't worry about saving pennies
when you're spending dollars."
Steve Rocco
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